Quality product

Quality Product is very important in any manufacturing industry it is just as oxygen for all living creators on earth, Quality is a life line of an industry.

In manufacturing, quality control is a process that ensures customers receive products free from defect and meet their needs. When done the wrong way, it can put consumers at risk.

A product is known as a quality product only when it satisfies various criteria for its functioning for the consumer. In addition to the physical criteria, there is also a service and time factor to quality. The same quality of physical performance should be available over a reasonable length of time. Hence time is also unnecessary aspect of quality.

We cannot define the quality of product but we can say that, quality is the performance of the product as per the commitment made by the producer to the consumer or is the product is as efficient as required by the customer. We can also say that customer is the only one who can say or define that product is as per the quality. Quantity is nothing but the requirement or desire of the customer or consumer for an product/service. The commitment made by the supplier to the consumer is written a document known as Quantity Management. It is best practice that Quality Management should be written down and readily available for all employees or part of Quantity Management is available which is required by one particular function.

Quantity is important parameter for any consumer because consumer want that he use the product as it is as he received the product in his own products, and use as per his requirement. Consumer don't want to use extra manpower in receiving inspection which indirectly increase the cost of manpower and gauges / machines. Receiving inspection delay product to reach in assembly line, inventory cost of material will also increase. Keeping all this issues most of OEM companies started a system called DOL (Direct On Line), it means that product coming from the supplier can be used directly online without any initial receiving inspection. DOL permission is only given to those suppliers whom customer has confidence that their product will be as per the requirement of the consumer.

To maintain the quality in this industry there are many processes or systems such as six Sigma, kaizen, TPM, why why analysis fishbone diagram, live quality documents, different check sheets, etc. Depends on the size of the company, type of the product, company can decide which type of system they have to follow to maintain the quality of the product.

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What is FMEA

FMEA is stand for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. FMEA is a process analysis tool. FMEA is used to identify all the failures or potential failures that may occur in a process, before any physical error occur in the process and analysis consequences due to failures. It is one of the core tool of IATF16949 . Other core tool of IATF16949 are: APQP: Advance Product Quality Planning PPAP: Production Part Approval Planning MSA: Measurement System Analysis SPC : Statistical Process Control Type of FMEA: There are two type of FMEA: DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) 1. DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis): DFMEA is a methodology which is used to analyse the risk or failure during new product or process development, it also used during any change or modification in product or process. 2. PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) PFMEA is a methodology which is used to analyse risk or failure during manufact

What is PPAP?

PPAP is stand for Production Part Approval Proces . PPAP is standard process in automotive and aerospace industries. It is basically written contact between supplier and customer about a product or process through which product will manufacture. It is output of APQP. Intresting thing about pronunciation of PPAP is that is not pronounced as P P A P, where as it is pronounce as P-PAP . It is one of the core tool of IATF16949 . Other core tool of IATF16949 are: APQP: Advance Product Quality Planning FMEA: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis SPC : Statistical Process Control MSA : Measurement Systems Analysis You can read about above topic by clicking on them. PPAP is very important for supplier and manufacturer, to understand the requirement of customer and also helpful to the customer to know, that, how well product will produce through it's lifetime by manufacturer. PPAP is a risk identification and mitigation process used to provide evident to the customer that there is a relia

What is APQP ?

APQP is stand for Advance product Quality planning. APQP is a process that is used satisfy product quantity as per customer requirements. APQP is not just a process but it is set of process or framework of process that are used while developing new product or new process. By APQP we ensure that new product or process should well established before product reach to the customer. APQP (Advance Product Quality Planning) is one of the five basic core tool of IATF 16959 . Other four core tools of IATF16949 are: PPAP : Production Part Approval Proces FMEA: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis SPC : Statistical Process Control MSA: Measurement Systems Analysis Soon we will be writing about these four core tools. In this article we will concentrate on APQP only. There two aims of APQP Firstly , To increase communication between different departments of the company specially R&D, production, logistics, sales, etc. Most of the work what R&D is doing, is not aware to other departments,

What is SPC?

SPC is stand for S tatistical Process Control. SPC is a tool used for continuous improvement. SPC used to maintain quality by monitoring the process and well detect the possible occurrence of the error before it actually happened and we'll detective. It is one of the core tool of IATF16949 . Other core tool of IATF16949 are: APQP: Advance Product Quality Planning PPAP: Production Part Approval Planning MSA: Measurement System Analysis FMEA : Failure Mode and Effective Analysis The SPC process is better than other quality tools because it is based on detection and prevention rather than the correction of problems after they have occurred, it means it help us to detect the fault or give indication before error actually occur, which means we can correct the process or the job size before any error occur in our job. It is real time process, so machine operator can easily identify the trend of the job and take corrective action before generation of any NG product. SPC is not only u

What is LPA?

LPA is a stand for Layer Process Audit . LPA is Quality technique that focus on how well the process is working or following by the manufacturing Industry at the shop floor. LPA is not just an fault finding audit but it is a process improvement audit as it is audit where changes (Observation Closure) can be done during audit only. By LPA, rejection and other waste is reduced and work towards continual improvement. It is one of the important part of IATF16949 (Clause no. 9.2.2.3) and OEM customers (CSR) requirement. LPA is not only confined with Quality department, rather it include all departments and all level of management and supervisor. Supervisor do LPA at their own function and frequency of doing may be weekly. Middle management do LPA at their function and other functions also but for them frequency of doing audit may be monthly. Senior management do LPA to any one function and frequency is quarterly. LPA in one of the Audit where supervisor and operator learn about proce

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